Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented young driver Maddison Brown continued her excellent association with the Justin Prentice-trained pacer Back In Twenty when she was rewarded for her aggression by guiding the five-year-old to an effortless victory in the 2130m Cowden Ltd Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. There was plenty of…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Bullsbrook trainer-reinsman Brad Stampalia and his father Peter admired the natural speed and ability of Zennart in his races for trainer Gary Hall snr a few years ago, and they jumped at the opportunity to purchase his close relation and unraced two-year-old from Melbourne in 2019. The New…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Cardup trainer Craig Abercromby is delighted with WA-bred two-year-old filly Free Wheeling’s potential and the way she is racing, and he is looking forward keenly to her running in the WA Oaks next year. “She is showing every sign of developing into an Oaks runner,” said Abercromby, who…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Chris Lewis remained cool in a crisis and weaved his magic to extricate Born To Boogie from two seemingly hopeless positions in the final circuit and land the brilliant six-year-old mare a dashing winner of the $50,000 Cowden Limited The Insurance Brokers Norms Daughter Classic at…
Friday night’s meeting at Gloucester Park features the running of the Group 2 Cowden Limited – The Insurance Brokers Norms Daughter Classic (2130m). The $50,000 Classic has brought together a classy field of mares, with last year’s winner, Wainui Creek, faring best at the barrier draw. The West Australian’s racing co-ordinator Ryan Havercroft and that…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators An encouraging effort by Bramante Steps at Pinjarra on Monday afternoon was a pointer to the two-year-old filly’s winning prospects in the tenth event at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Murray Lindau-trained filly is favourably drawn at barrier No. 2 in the field of ten and she…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Gary Hall jnr has a high opinion of brilliant three-year-olds Jumpingjackmac and Finvarra, and he has given punters a strong tip by choosing to drive Jumpingjackmac in preference to Finvarra in the Cowden Limited, The Insurance Brokers Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The two…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Inexperienced WA-bred five-year-old Papinik possesses scintillating point-to-point speed, and a superb trial at Pinjarra on Thursday of last week showed that he was poised for a successful return to racing after a six-month absence. Trained by Ross Olivieri and to be driven by Chris Voak, Papinik will start…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented five-year-old Wainui Creek’s prospects of winning the Cowden Limited Norms Daughter Classic for the second year in a row were boosted when she drew the coveted No. 1 barrier in the $50,000 group 2 feature 2130m event for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She gave…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Pint-sized pacer Galactic Star has always basked in the limelight with his brilliance, consistency and versatility, and now the rising nine-year-old is firmly on target to have another crack at the rich Fremantle and WA Pacing Cups in January. Prepared by leading trainers Greg and Skye Bond and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Relief was the major reaction of trainer and part-owner Justin Prentice after Major Martini was an effortless winner of the group 3 $30,000 Better Your Bet With TABtouch RWWA Pace over 2536m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Prentice and his big team of co-owners had endured 19…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators When Robin Zec was planning an overseas holiday in 2019, he advertised Burning Rubber for sale — and Middle Swan trainer-reinsman Brett Smith has no regrets that he outlaid $12,000 to purchase the New Zealand-bred Mach Three gelding. Burning Rubber, who is raced by Smith in partnership with…